January 25th, 1978

Born on January 25th, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 17,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 334 days, exactly on May 8th, 2027, people who were born on January 25th, 1978 will be 18,000 days old!

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What happened on January 25th?

January 25th, 1944

Representatives of the Chetnik movement began a four-day congress to organise political opposition to the Allied support of the communist-led Yugoslav Partisans in Yugoslavia.

January 25th, 2011

Arab Spring: The Egyptian revolution began with protests on the "Day of Anger", eventually leading to the removal of President Hosni Mubarak after nearly 30 years of rule.

January 25th, 2010

Avatar, a science-fiction film directed by James Cameron, became the highest-grossing film of all time.

January 25th, 2006

Three independent observing campaigns announced the discovery of OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, a super-Earth 21,500 ± 3,300 light-years away from Earth near the center of the Milky Way.

January 25th, 2004

Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landed on Mars and rolled into Eagle crater, a small crater on the Meridiani Planum.

January 25th, 1998

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam detonated a truck bomb at the sacred Buddhist Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, killing 17 people.

January 25th, 1995

A team of Norwegian and American scientists launched a Black Brant XII sounding rocket, which was mistaken by Russian forces for a Trident missile.

January 25th, 1993

Pakistani national Mir Aimal Kansi shot five people outside the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia, killing two.

January 25th, 1990

Avianca Flight 52 ran out of fuel on approach to John F. Kennedy International Airport and crashed into the village of Cove Neck, New York, resulting in the deaths of 73 people.

January 25th, 1971

Idi Amin seized power from Ugandan president Milton Obote in a coup d'état, beginning eight years of military rule.

January 25th, 1967

South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Cao Kỳ fired his rival Nguyễn Hữu Có while the latter was overseas on a diplomatic visit.

January 25th, 1917

Serving as a British armed merchant cruiser, Laurentic (pictured) was sunk by German naval mines off the northern coast of Ireland, resulting in 354 deaths.

January 25th, 1890

American journalist Nellie Bly (pictured) completed a circumnavigation of the globe by land and sea in a then-record-breaking 72 days.

January 25th, 1792

Thomas Hardy founded the London Corresponding Society to seek a "radical reform of parliament", later influencing the reform movements of early-19th-century England.

January 25th, 1704

English colonists from the Province of Carolina and their native allies began a series of raids against the largely peaceful population of Apalachee in Spanish Florida.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 25th

Born on January 25th, 1978

48

Lila Tretikov

Russian–American engineer, manager and former executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation

*January 25th, 1978, Moscow

48

Charlene, Princess of Monaco

Zimbabwean-South African former Olympic swimmer; wife of Albert II, Prince of Monaco

*January 25th, 1978, Bulawayo

48

Denis Menshov

Russian cyclist

*January 25th, 1978, Oryol

48

Alexander Goloshchapov

Ukrainian chess player

*January 25th, 1978, Kharkiv

48

Agata Zubel

Polish composer and singer

*January 25th, 1978, Wrocław

48

Manfred Pranger

Austrian alpine skier

*January 25th, 1978, Hall in Tirol

48

Andrija Zlatić

Serbian sport shooter

*January 25th, 1978, Užice

48

Robin Nelisse

Dutch footballer

*January 25th, 1978, Rotterdam

48

Jason Roberts

English association football player

*January 25th, 1978, London

Same year
Born in 1978

47

Miroslav Klose

German professional football manager and former player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

47

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

47

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

47

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

47

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

48

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

47

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog Municipality

47

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

48

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

48

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

47

Gaby Amarantos

Brazilian singer

*August 1st, 1978, Belém

47

Markus Wingenbach

German association football referee

*November 26th, 1978, Diez

48

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

48

Jörn Wollschläger

German biathlete

*March 4th, 1978, Suhl

48

Jamie Carragher

English associiation football player and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

47

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

47

Moritz Führmann

German actor

*July 5th, 1978, Kassel

48

Stana Katic

Canadian actress

*April 26th, 1978, Hamilton

48

Luciano Zauri

Italian association football player

*January 20th, 1978, Pescina

47

John Legend

American singer-songwriter

*December 28th, 1978, Springfield

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No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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